A team of blockchain experts released a today the “Qtum Blockchain Economy Whitepaper”, which outlines the Qtum Foundation’s structure, the Qtum blockchain, the development team, fund allocation, token distribution, and use cases.

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According to the whitepaper, Qtum provides a turing-complete blockchain, able to execute smart contracts and decentralized applications, comparable to the Ethereum blockchain. However, in contrast to Ethereum, Qtum is built upon Bitcoin’s well-established UTXO transaction model and employs a proof-of-stake consensus scheme.

Patrick Dai is the Chairman of the Qtum Foundation. He was previously employed by Alibaba, and now committed to the blockchain technology development and research for a doctorate degree.

Patrick Dai, founder of Qtum

He said: “We are publishing this business whitepaper because we want the community to know we are serious. We are organized. Most blockchain projects lack this vision when they are starting, and it’s just another fundamental difference that will help make Qtum a success. Qtum’s goal is to be the most stable, user-friendly blockchain for individuals and businesses. We want people to know who they are working with, and who’s behind the code.”

The whitepaper specifies an array of services, designed to bridge the still existing gap between blockchains and the business world, by allowing smart contracts to adhere to changing commercial rules and regulations consistently. They say these services will also enable Qtum’s smart contracts to efficiently interface with real-time data inputs from stock markets, weather forecasts, news agencies, and the like.